Sri Lanka, July 25 -- Two Sri Lankan fishermen were rescued alive from the Bay of Bengal by a group of fishermen from Moheshkhali upazila in Cox's Bazar after reportedly drifting at sea for 36 days.

According to the rescuers, the two men were found at around 10:00pm on Thursday aboard a drifting fibreglass fishing boat near Sonarchar in the Bay of Bengal. They were taken aboard the Bangladeshi fishermen's boat and brought ashore in Moheshkhali.

Ziaur Rahman, the skipper who led the rescue, said the two men identified themselves as Sri Lankan nationals and claimed to be father and son. They told the rescuers they had gone missing while fishing and had been drifting at sea for the past 36 days.

According to Ziaur, the fishermen said they...